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but some of the other stuff is not fair. >> it's not clear whether rodriguez plays or sits for today's game, but one thing is certain, one more loss and it will be a very long winter for these boys of summer. >> lynn zinser wrote the new york yankees were fast forwarding right to panic. she joins us now. what's the problem? >> well, the yankees got old. not that that was really a moment year thing but it's sort of like how are you hair gets too long in one day. it takes a long time for it happen but you only notice it at it was that moment when derek jeter went down with an ankle injury. once the captain was gone it showed everybody what had been going on with this team over time. they had invested in some high priced free agents. and really kind of put all of their eggs in these big baskets, and when they all came up empty at once, it just kind of showed the rogression of this team and where they are at. >> a-rod is a great player. hats happened to his game, his hitting? >> well, that's a $30 million a year question, really. everybody would love to know. >> i mean you pay that kind of
but some of the other stuff is not fair. >> it's not clear whether rodriguez plays or sits for today's game, but one thing is certain, one more loss and it will be a very long winter for these boys of summer. >> lynn zinser wrote the new york yankees were fast forwarding right to panic. she joins us now. what's the problem? >> well, the yankees got old. not that that was really a moment year thing but it's sort of like how are you hair gets too long in one day. it takes a long...
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alex rodriguez, manny ramirez, barry bonds. take a look at the great baseball players, over the last 45 years. hank aaron never did this. >> carl yastrzemski was the last player to achieve the triple crown in 1967 when the red sox won the pennant, overshadowing his accomplishment. >> i didn't realize he won the triple crown until the next day when i read it in the paper. that's how involved we were in the pennant race. >> he thinks the same thing may be happening to cabrera, overshadowed by two tight american league division races that came down to the last day of the regular season. >> there's been a little bit of softening in the coverage of this. people are still consumed with the various pennant races and in that sense baseball may be shooting themselves in the foot a little bit. this is the kind of historical achievement that baseball is typically all over. >> something else that may be working against cabrera in generating glowing coverage of this historic achievement. it hasn't been all good news for him during his caree
alex rodriguez, manny ramirez, barry bonds. take a look at the great baseball players, over the last 45 years. hank aaron never did this. >> carl yastrzemski was the last player to achieve the triple crown in 1967 when the red sox won the pennant, overshadowing his accomplishment. >> i didn't realize he won the triple crown until the next day when i read it in the paper. that's how involved we were in the pennant race. >> he thinks the same thing may be happening to cabrera,...
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. >> guys like alex rodriguez, manny ramirez, barry bonds, your take a look at any of the great baseball players in the last 45 years, hank aaron never did this. >> reporter: carl yastrzemski was the last player to achieve the triple crown in 1967. >> i didn't know i won the triple crown until the next day until i read it in the paper. >> reporter: "sports illustrated" editor thinks the same thing might be happening to cabrera, overshadowed by two tight american league division races that came down the last day of the regular season. >> there's been a little bit of softening in the coverage of this because people are consumed with the pennant races and in that sense baseball may be shooting themselves in the foot a little bit. this is a historic achievement that baseball is typically all over. >> reporter: something else that may be working against cabrera in generating glowing coverage. it hasn't been all good news for him during his career. three years ago he had a domestic incident with his wife, police were called, very poor timing. it was the night before a crucial to end the season
. >> guys like alex rodriguez, manny ramirez, barry bonds, your take a look at any of the great baseball players in the last 45 years, hank aaron never did this. >> reporter: carl yastrzemski was the last player to achieve the triple crown in 1967. >> i didn't know i won the triple crown until the next day until i read it in the paper. >> reporter: "sports illustrated" editor thinks the same thing might be happening to cabrera, overshadowed by two tight...